Le Communique

Maybe or maybe not human beings were created to use only their good side, the side that articulates love, care, patience, tolerance and understanding, and on the other hand we were granted the opposite trait which every one believes emanates from the bad one, thereby creating the ideology of good and bad in man. Abuse, has its many triggers as well as consequences, neither of which is good. It stems from a fast speeding circle of less use of conscience, psychological problems, the attack, the victims silence and then his or her outburst, finally speaking out,reprisal of the abuser or years of mind damaging predicaments on the part of the victim. Abuse happens everyday, every time and as frequent as we can never imagine, because the trend has been made common and accepted as the norm. The world has become a wild forest where the weak or less fortunate is preyed upon, where having a good conscience is looked upon as being weak or timid. Where a person pokes you in the eye, and expects...

This phrase, resonates in almost every conversation about Nigeria. The non stop ethnic conflict, tribalism and complete disgust and distrust for each other. This talk about Nigeria's tangibility, started from the very beginning, from the day we developed the idea to rule ourselves. We were handed over a country at the brink of a collapse to handle. A mutation of the place we call home, a make believe development and an obvious hapharzard arrangement of tribes and colonies. As expected from a state, we were supposed to live in peace and try to tolerate one another’s missteps. You cannot control what you do not understand. Nigerians do not understand this new place. Sixty years later, and we still don’t. For a people who easily succumbed to colonialism, and accepted foreign rules without hesitation, self rule is as like a suicide we imposed on ourselves. It was just like trying to tackle a deadly contagion without first making the necessary research required to manouever it. If N...